A deal has been reached for a catchweight five pounds above the original limit for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Bryan Vera on Saturday, raising questions of fairness and fighter safety. HBO’s Jim Lampley gives his take on the son of Mexico’s most famous boxer.

Boxing insiders are split on who they think will win the 154-pound match between IBF titleholder Ishe Smith and challenger Carlos Molina, both of whom have overcome adversity to be on the Floyd Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez PPV undercard.

The upcoming bouts in October veaturing Juan Manuel Marquez versus Tim Bradley and Mike Alvarado against Ruslan Provodnikov, followed by the Manny Pacquiao-Brandon Rios fight in November, could lead to a round robin between the welterweights and 140 pounders.